Weather-strip.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903.

L. A; BARTEL.

4 WEATHER STRIP.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 3. 1902.

NO MODEL.

I nvontoz UNTTE STATES PATENT QEEicE.

LEO AUGUST BARTEL, OF SIDNEY, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 722,352, dated March 10, 1903. Application filed July 3, 1902- Serial No. 114,314. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Leo AUGUST BARTEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sidney, in the county of Shelby and State of Ohio,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVeather-Strips and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in weather-strips, and is designed, primarily, for attachment to the bottom of a hinged door, the novel characteristics of which will be apparent from the detailed description herein after, and the claims thereto appended, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

In the drawings a preferable embodiment of the invention is shown for the purpose of facilitating a clear understanding of the inven tion; but it will be appreciated that many of the details of construction may be varied or dispensed with Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Like reference characters refer to corresponding parts in the several views,of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lower portion of a door and its casing, the door being shown as closed. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the door, showing the end of the weather-strip and the position it occupies when the door is open.

More specifically, A designates an ordinary door-casing having the sill B at the bottom thereof, and 0 represents the door, hinged at its rear edge to one side of the casing, as is usual. At the outer surface of the door, at a suitable distance above the bottom thereof and adjacent to the respective edges of the same, are clamping-plates a a, secured in place by screws 1), each having intermediate of its ends and preferably between the screws pockets or pivot bearings for purposes to be pointed out. A metallic rod 03, approximately the width of the door, is arranged to occupy a position forwardly of the inner surface of the door and is suspended in such position through the medium of the arms 6 e,

horizontally-disposed raised portions 0 to form projecting rearwardly and upwardly at an inclination from the respective ends thereof, said arms having oppositely arranged projections 6 e constituting pintles which loosely engage the pockets or bearings of the clamping-plates to constitute a hinge connection. The arm 6 is engaged upon its under side to hold the rod in an extreme forward position by the loop f of a spring F, the respective ends of the spring being fastened in place by the clamping-plate f. The arm e has its outer end connected to the rod by means of an offset portion g, arranged in a position parallel to said rod. A strip of flexible material G is secured along one edge to the rod, and at its other edge is securely fastened to the under and inner faces of the door in any desirable manner.

From so much of the description it will be seen that the flexible material or fabric constituting the weather-strip is normally held under tension, with the rod secured to the outer edge thereof yieldably held in its for ward upper position. Now it is desirable when the door is shut that the strip be bent over upon the inclined surface or edge of the sill B to constitute an efliicient closure against the intrusion of rain, sleet, ordraft, and to accomplish this desideratum I secure an inclined guide D to the door-casing at the side thereof opposite the door-hinges, said guide being so arranged that when the door is shut the same will contact with the oflfset portion g of the arm 6, whereby the rod carrying the inner end of the strip will be deflected downwardly so as to hug the sill B, as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The purpose of the olfset portion 9 is primarily to provide a horizontally-disposed contact member which is not covered by the flexible material of the strip, so that the constant frictional engagement with the guide D will be borne by said offset portion rather than by the strip, whichavoids cutting the strip at the point in question.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A weather-strip of the character described comprising a flexible strip adapted to be secured at one edge to a door, and means for supporting the opposite edge of the strip at a point away from the door in position to be engaged by a deflecting member, and comprising a rod secured to the strip, arms on the rod, means for pivotally securing the arms to the door, and a spring engaging one of the arms for retaining the strip under tension; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEO AUGUST BARTEL.

Witnesses:

FRANK LUCAS, C. E. McGINNIs. 

